Under former coach Steve Alford, sophomore guard Chris Smith never started a game. Freshman guards David Singleton and Jules Bernard combined for 9.5 points per game and shot 35.7 percent from 3. Enter interim coach Murry Bartow. UCLA men’s basketball (9-6, 2-0 Pac-12) started conference play with back-to-back wins, but the Bruins’ winning ways aren’t […]
Author Archives: Sam Connon
Men’s basketball opens post-Alford era with blowout win against Stanford
This post was updated Jan. 3 at 11:38 p.m. In Murray Bartow’s first game as head coach on the Bruin bench, a lot changed. For starters, they won. “It’s been a really hard two weeks,” Bartow said. “But I think the last three days, the guys have done a really good job of trying to […]
Men’s basketball leads Stanford at halftime of Pac-12 opener
The post-Steve Alford era is officially underway for the Bruins. UCLA men’s basketball (7-6) leads Stanford (7-5) 38-32 at the half of the Pac-12 season opener, on pace to break its four-game losing streak. The Bruins hit their first three shots under interim coach Murry Bartow and held the lead for all but 1:23 in […]
Bruins bear a beating with a 93-64 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats
At the 13:16 mark of the first half, the Bruins boasted an eight-point lead. The Bearcats bounced back – and then some. In its first true road game of the season, UCLA men’s basketball (7-4) lost 93-64 to Cincinnati (10-2) on Wednesday night. The Bearcats responded to the Bruins’ fast start by putting together a […]
Un-Connon Opinions: Building a new baseball stadium on campus would be a grand slam for UCLA
I love baseball. It’s a great, historic sport I grew up obsessing over. As a Massachusetts native, I grew up in a culture where everyone was a die-hard Red Sox fan, and it has made me the aggressive and bombastic sports fan I am today. When I came out to Westwood, I was under the […]
Men’s basketball hopes to score a win against longtime rival Notre Dame
The Bruins haven’t fought the Fighting Irish since 2009. UCLA men’s basketball (6-2) will host Notre Dame (6-2) on Saturday night in the two former rivals’ first meeting in nearly a decade. It has been 34 years since their annual series – running from 1966 to 1984 – was canceled, and coach Steve Alford said […]
The Rundown: Dec. 6
Football Sam Connon, assistant Sports editor UCLA football had two players named to All-Pac-12 teams this week and another five given honorable mentions. The Bruins also had 13 players recognized for their academic success, with only redshirt freshman defensive lineman Odua Isibor and sophomore defensive back Quentin Lake named to the Pac-12 All-Academic second team. […]